defenestrar/defenestrate

Question

When looking up the word defenestrar on SD, the definition in english is to oust or dismiss. However, the definition is literally to throw some(thing/one) out a window. The word has the following latin roots:

de- + Latin fenestr ( a ) window + -ation (of being an action)

There is also no english recrod for the word defenestrate. Could that be added?

Reference:

defenestration. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged. Retrieved December 08, 2011, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/defenestration

I think maybe a "recrod" is a "record?" - territurtle, Dec 8, 2011

Answer 1

Defenestrar = depose. That's the closest I can think of!

defenestrar.

• 1) tr. Arrojar a alguien por una ventana.
• 2) tr. Destituir o expulsar a alguien de un puesto, cargo, situación, etc.

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Answer 2

Try the unabridged version of any English dictionary.

Answer 3

I'm asking if someone can update the SD record for defenestrar to correctly show the definition in English, as well as to add an English record for the word defenestrate.

update the English definition of defenestrar and add "defenestrate" to the database of English words - 0074b507, Dec 8, 2011

Answer 4

Defenestrar = depose. That's the closest I can think of!

Answer 5

I am confused about what you are asking. Are you asking if defenestrate is a word in english? Merriam Webster says it is:

Defenestrate

Apropos of nothing: Fenestration is an architectural term referring to the arrangement and detailing of openings in a building. Architects use fenestrate as a verb referring to the design or detailing of openings in a building, but it doesn't appear in the dictionary.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestration the meaning the poster gave, again, no sign of the verb. - rabbitwho, Dec 8, 2011